Ian Hamilton has envisioned his Ava Lee series as a multi-volume work. When he finishes writing one volume, he begins writing the next on the following day. Ironically, the action in the second volume (The Disciple of Las Vegas) actually also picks up on the following day, immediately
Most readers picking up The Disciple of Las Vegas will have previously met Ava Lee in the first volume of the series, The Water Rat of Wanchai. Nonetheless, one could begin reading the series with this volume. Indeed, in some ways it provides a clearer understanding of some
Or perhaps you've already been introduced? I'm a little late to the Spiderline* party. Ava's big-screen deal has already taken shape, but we've only just met. She has developed quite the reputation since The Water Rat of Wanchai was published last January. When she meets Captain Robbins in Guyana, in
Little, Brown & Company, 2012 Reagan Arthur Imprint If you grew up in a country where it snows, you probably have at least one memory of making a snowman. Mine never turned out looking like they did in storybooks; the snow wasn't always quite right, the shapes were
In March: The highlight of my reading month was all my girl-ish reading. Everywhere I look, it's Girls Girls Girls. And it shows. In non-fiction reading, with Peggy Orenstein's Cinderella Ate My Daughter and Rachel Lloyd's Girls Like Us. Both of these got shelved on my World-Changing shelf
